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{
    "localId": "96177",
    "label": "Pommel Plate of a Saddle, from the Garniture of Rudolf II",
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}

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    "id": "96177",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Pommel Plate of a Saddle, from the Garniture of Rudolf II",
    "description": "This plate, one of two and once part of a saddle, is from tournament armor made for man and horse made for the sons of Emperor Maximilian II, archdukes Rudolf and Ernst. Most of the remaining elements of this armor are still in the collections of the Imperial Armouries in Vienna. The decorative pattern (in the imperial colors of black and gold) forms elegant knots, with distinctive foliage and hop sprigs filling the loops.",
    "date": "c. 1571",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1888.2",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60759935"
    ],
    "creators": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1888.2/1916.1888.2_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1888.2/1916.1888.2_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1888.2/1916.1888.2_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 31.3 x 17 cm (12 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Germany, Augsburg"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1888.2"
}

{
    "tec": "blued, etched, and gilded steel",
    "tombstone": "Pommel Plate of a Saddle, from the Garniture of Rudolf II, c. 1571. Anton Peffenhauser (German, 1525–1603). Blued, etched, and gilded steel; overall: 31.3 x 17 cm (12 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1888.2",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "didYouKnow": "Once part of a saddle, this plate protected the rider's thigh.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin. <em>R. Zschille’sche waffensammlung.</em> Mar 21-22, 1900.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 9, lot 37; Reproduced: lot 37",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/Zschille/page/n15"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (171) 175",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n385"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 241, J43; Reproduced: Plate XLVIII, J43",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n339"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "pp. 99, 166; cat. no. 77"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 74, p. 185-186"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1888.2",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:10:43.739000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1888.2/1916.1888.2_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 96177,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "blued, etched, and gilded steel",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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